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I like this answer. Improving the Player to GM Conversion ratio would be great for sustainability of the hobby and also health of gaming...

Anything that onboards GM's.

As a note, Dragon #363 had an article that back-converted several epic destinies to 3.5E.

I mean its' not that you can't have mental abilitys factor in nonmagical combat. It's that if you say a core base feature is "Add your...

In times like these a refine comes to mind "It's just a show; I should really just relax."

I agree making Cha, Int, Wis, useful on a battlefield is "the" challenge for balancing the six abilities.

My spouse said something similar. They suggested making the DC equal to (10 + double the spell level), because of the way that...

Meh -- IMO it is more "Rulings? WTF!?!":confused: RAI is a lazy way for game design. If you intend for something to work a certain way...

.Is a +2 to initiative really so big a deal that it should be gated?

There is probably many more than these, but at least what comes to mind: 1) I used to grant individual XP based on personal player's...

What realism? Bullseye used his ability to spit a tooth through a skull. Go try that a few million times and see if you are successful...

other solution. remove CON; give everyone +2 HP per level for PCs. 90% of PC characters have 14 CON anyway. Use abilities ONLY for...

There's a growing "sentiment" (probably the wrong word) in the ttrpg community revolving around the validity of "ability scores". Like...

Why does no one ever use a mouse on screen?! (With the exception of Lexi in Jurassic Park.) I love that scene in Star Trek IV when...

1. GMPCs - I used to care about my NPCs to the point of having feelings when they got killed or denied something that seemed reasonable...